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Maldives sets deadline for India to withdraw troops

The island nation has set a March 15 ultimatum for New Delhi to pull out its military amid diplomatic tensions

January 15, 2024

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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu speaks at the UN climate summit in Dubai, December 1, 2023. © KARIM SAHIB / AFP

US Special Presidential Climate Envoy John Kerry testifies before a House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security the Border and Foreign Affairs hearing on the State Departments climate budget on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on July 13 2023. ©

US climate envoy Kerry stepping down to help Biden's 2024 election campaign

January 14, 2024

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South Africa’s support for the Palestinian cause has deep roots

January 11, 2024

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January 06, 2024

US Intelligence Shows Flawed China Missiles Led Xi to Purge Army

China missiles filled with water, not fuel: US intelligence

January 06, 2024

Military vehicles carrying missiles, drive past the Tiananmen Gate.Photographer: Pool/Getty Images

January 04, 2024

Islamic State Takes Responsibility for Deadly Bombings in Iran

The Islamic State announcement dovetailed with American intelligence assessments indicating that the attack was most likely the work of the group.

January 04, 2024

A photo released by Iran’s state-run news media on Wednesday of the site of the explosions in the city of Kerman.Credit...Sare Tajalli/ISNA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

January 04, 2024

Iran Vows Revenge Over Deadly Bomb Attack at Soleimani Memorial

Authorities investigate the pair of blasts amid regional tensions between Iranian-backed groups and Israel

January 04, 2024

Iranians waved images of the late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Tehran on Wednesday. ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/SHUTTERSTOCK

January 03, 2024

Dozens killed as explosions rock memorial for slain Iranian general – media

Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike on this day in 2020

January 03, 2024

A view of the scene after explosions leaving at least 73 feared dead in explosions near slain Gen. Qassem Soleimani's tomb, in Kerman City, Iran on January 03, 2024 © Getty Images / Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images

January 01, 2024

WORLD Ringing in 2024: New Year's Eve photos from around the world

From Sydney to San Francisco, the world's major cities mark the beginning of the new year with grand firework displays and other traditions.

January 01, 2024

WORLD Ringing in 2024: New Year's Eve photos from around the world

January 01, 2024

Fireworks, weapons light skies across the world in first hours of 2024

Fireworks illuminated skies over Paris, Rio and Sydney to celebrate the entry to 2024, while in Israel, Gaza and Ukraine, rockets and strikes marked the year's earliest hours.

January 01, 2024

Fireworks illuminate the sky over the Arc de Triomphe during the New Year's celebrations on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, January 1, 2024. © Benoit Tessier, Reuters

January 01, 2024

South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, explained

Friday’s action reflects South Africa’s solidarity with the Palestinian cause — and its domestic and foreign interests

January 01, 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa with the delegates of Organisations supporting the Liberation of Palestine at Chief Albert Luthuli House on December 18, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images

December 31, 2023

People around the world ring in 2024 as war shadows some celebrations

Pope Francis recalls 2023 as a year marked by wartime suffering

December 31, 2023

People around the world ring in 2024 as war shadows some celebrations

December 29, 2023

Elon Musk and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Form a Trans-Atlantic Bond

From immigration to AI, the billionaire and the Italian prime minister are finding common ground.

December 29, 2023

Behind the pair’s budding friendship lie common interests in political issues such as immigration and demographics. PHOTO: CHIGI PALACE PRESS OFFICE /ZUMA PRESS

December 27, 2023

Ukraine digs in as the West stumbles to keep up with Russian war production

Early optimism is being replaced by anxiety as politics threatens Ukraine's aid channels

December 27, 2023

A Ukrainian soldier fires a mortar toward Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine on Sept. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

December 27, 2023

Nation on the brink: Secret war unfolding

The United Nations has warned that one country is in dire need of humanitarian help, with a third of the population in trouble.

December 27, 2023

The situation is about to get even worse as ‘conflicts and violence are expected to worsen in 2024’. Picture: AFP

December 19, 2023

NATO's expansion explained: Sweden's wait, Canada's role and Russia's response

Turkey ties Sweden's NATO membership to lifting of Canadian arms embargo

December 19, 2023

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg displays documents as Sweden and Finland apply for membership in Brussels, Belgium, on May 18, 2022. Finland has since joined, while Sweden is still waiting. (Johanna Geron/The Associated Press)

December 18, 2023

Pope Francis approves blessings for same-sex couples if the rituals don’t resemble marriage

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples in a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy.

December 18, 2023

Pope Francis leaves after an audience to the participants of the live nativity scene of Santa Maria Maggiore, on Dec. 16, 2023, at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. ANDREAS SOLARO, AFP via Getty Images

December 18, 2023

EU could stop Hungary voting on Ukraine - FT

The activation of Article 7 was reportedly floated after Budapest blocked a massive financial support package for Kiev

December 18, 2023

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. © AP Photo/Virginia Mayo

December 16, 2023

‘Significant change’ as world turns on Israel

There are signs US President Joe Biden could be next to break ranks against Israel as the friendship becomes increasingly strained.

December 16, 2023

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023. Picture: Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP

December 14, 2023

US engineered Ukraine conflict – Putin

The Russian president blamed Washington for masterminding the 2014 coup in Kiev, which led to the current conflict

December 14, 2023

December 12, 2023

United Nations General Assembly votes to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza

153 nations voted for the ceasefire resolution in a rebuke to the US, which last week blocked a similar Security Council resolution

December 12, 2023

The results of a draft resolution vote are seen on a screen as the UN General Assembly holds an emergency special session on the Israel-Hamas war at the United Nations headquarters in New York on December 12, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

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